This early novel by Tarkington (1903) tells the story of two men vying for the attentions of the same woman, Sylvia. Mr. Sudgeberry, the narrator, is a loquacious pedant. William Fentriss is a happy-go-lucky ne'er-do-well. Comic sparks are struck as the two men seek to undermine each other in Sylvia's eyes.

Character sketch of Claire and the long procession of men who loved her.

A delightful story set in Depression-era Manhattan. A new college grad stumbles into a job as an assistant to an art dealer.

Kate Fennigate was a manager, even as a young child; she influenced her mother, her schoolmates, and, particularly, her father. Because of her good manners, however, Kate was never offensive in her desire to lead. Her father, who had showed great promise as a lawyer when he was young, had permitted both women and liquor to interfere with his career. Mrs. Fennigate had no great interest in life except eating, and Mr. Fennigate had no great interest...

Stories and novels about Indiana, originally written between 1905 and 1933.

Earl Tinker, by means of hard work and shrewdness, has risen to president of the Illinois and Union Paper Company, and he is now taking his wife and daughter on the Grand Tour of northern Africa. Aboard ship he encounters a number of cultured European highfalutins who, of course, are appalled by Tinker and his crassness. These hollow bores are in for just as much attack as Tinker, and they don't have anything near the joie de livre as Earl Tinker....

"These letters were written by Booth Tarkington in 1903 and 1904, during his first trip abroad, with his parents and his wife. They were addressed to his three nephews, John (aged fourteen), Donald (aged twelve) and Booth Jameson (aged one). Many years later Penrod was dedicated "by a grateful uncle" to the same three boys, the gratitude being due to the fact that individually and collectively they had furnished so much copy to the avuncular pen."...